Hamza akl Hamieh

Hamza akl Hamieh (1954-) was an Amal Movement member who was famous as an aircraft hijacker.

Biography
Hamza akl Hamieh was born in 1954 in Baalbek, Lebanon to a Shia Muslim family. Hamieh was a follower of Imam Musa al-Sadr, and he joined the Amal Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. From 1979 to 1982, he hijacked six planes, with the hijacking of Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 727 in 1982 being the longest hijacking in history, flying 6,000 miles from Europe to the Middle East before landing in Lebanon. In 1984, he became commander of the Lebanese Resistance Regiments, and after the war he settled down in Beirut.